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VOL. XXVII.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1950
NUMBER 11
BLOODMOBILE COMING HERE
Javcees Elect Officers For The Coming Year
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Superiors To Open With Combers
aboT* with tb^ prisa winning BaaglM ara Walter and
«Tia Murphr. two brothaca who, with othar mambarf of their
are the owners of scrotal fine hunting dogs. The man are
ribbons wU«h ware awarded them as first place prises in
1*1 inch St GMton County Beagle Club trials held at
farm near LowasriUe last Saturday.
^Urty.«lx Btaglas ran during the trials which lasted most the
t and appeoidmately 50 members of the club, with 35 or 40 specta-
1^** feUos^ the dogs during the trial which was the second to be
rinoa the orgaidsafion of tho dub. Lloyd Heffner and Marie
sacred as Judges for the trials.
cirtt place in the 13 Inch close was won by dogs belonging to Jake
& teddent of Tuekaseege road.
Murphy brothers, who with another member of the family,
hare been rairing dogs for years and the four dogs shown
among the finest they hare had, they say. On three hunts
j~J Winisr with these dogs, the Murphy brothers report that they
y ('of 53 rabUts Jumped during the hunt.
large Crowd
To Attend
Opening Here
Superior Yam Mills will play
host to the Belmont Combers to
morrow (Saturday) night at Sup
erior Park in what should be the
most gala opening game in the
history of the Piedmont Textile
League. Manager Doyt Morris ex
pressed confidence this week that
his Superior men would live up
to their name in the clash with the
Belmont Combers, and following
the opportunity for observing the
! locals in pre-season games, fans
are looking forward to an excel
lent show.
The Mount Holly High School
Band, equipped with their new
uniforms, will parade in Superior
Park before the game begins and
a short ceremony will be held
prior to the opening pitch across
the plate. During this cere
mony, players on both teams will
be intcodvice4 „ to the.Xsms pre
sent fOt Ihs first ]Jame ibe Pied,
mont Textile League 1950 season.
Superior is also readying their
home park for the large crowds
which they expect to draw this
season and an additional 300
seats were being installed in the
park this week in preparation for
the opener. This greater seating
capacity is expected to please
many Superior followers who
were sometimes inconvienced by
lack of seating facilities during
the bigger games last season.
Admission to the game which
starts at 8 p. m., wil be the us
ual 25 and 50 cents.
Tuesday the Superior men will
travel to Belmont for the second
game of the season, but fans are
doing little speculating on- the
results of this game tintil after
the first meeting of the two teams
tomorrow night.
The probable starting line up
for Superior, as released this week
MVCEE PREXT lYcdlS Woik
Is Reviewed
In Write-up
T® Enforce Law!®'-*•!*"’•
0« Parldng Here ^
^Wel of Police R. C. Robinson i church at the Friday evening
Thursday that the viafe. Services have been held (
co^i of Mount Holly now has
vehicles regis-
lentr ^ Gaston and Meck-
tiy 'S* oo'^ties and that effec-
Monday, May 1, car owners
do parking tickris and
make any effort to settle
of tk ^ contacted by means
he Chief Robinson said
Ohly a few cars owned by
^^^oridents are not registered
coiin*- ^ Mecklenburg or Gaston
W^ij®**hnd that the department
contact Raleigh for own-
on these vehicles when
hie^t *Pccified in an advertise-
'.appearing in this edition of
”cws, this addition to the
hien* of the local police depart-
cal ^2^^ make itfpossible for lo
on to check registration
automobile which
Or
J. C. RHYNE
New Prerident of the Mount
Holly Junior Chamber of Com
merce who was elected Monday
night. He succeeds Ted Johnson
and will be installed at the next
meeting. Mr. ^yne has been a
J. C. Member for ten years. He is
the owwer of the R. 3c W. Shoe Re-
‘pris. leak war- he war m
Sargeanl and served in the South
Pacific area. He is vice-irecident
of the Rotary Club, an active
member of the First Defitiit
Church, assistant secretary of the
Sunday Scho^ and a member of
the American Legion and on the
Board of Directors of the Mer
chants Associafioo.
SS—Glenn Hopkins
2B—Bobby Davis
RF—^Leland Helms
CF—"l.efty” House
LF—Carl Shepherd ^
3B—Ray Martin
IB—^Doyt Morris
C—Art Brickner or Bill Dilling
YOU CAN REGISTER
ON SATURDAY
The re^prirafion books for fiie
Democratic Primary will ^en
OB Saturday of this week, April
29th. Be stire you are regnstwed
»i\A your name and party
eifilinlioB is on the books.
Books open at 9 o'rieck and
will remain open until 6 p. m.
Prerinct No. 1 is at the City
Hall with Mrs. D. S. Beatty as
registrer;
Precinct No, 2 is at the River
Valley Chevrolet Company
with Mrs. W. O. Barrett as regi
strar.
Cifisens can also register at
any time by going to the bMnes
of the registrars.
The Mount Holly Junior Cham
ber of Commerce elected new of
ficers at the regular meeting last
Monday night. The oflficep will
be installed at a ladies night to
be held sometime during the early
part of May. President Ted John
son presided over the election.
The new officers are J. C.
Rhyne, president; Ken DaviS, 1st
vice president; Harold Henkle,
2nd vice-president; Rufus Ingle,
secretary; Emmett Venning, Jr.,
treasurer; and Ted C.* Johnson,
J. B. Thompson, Max Childers,
Donald Davis, Wally Thompson,,
and John Calder were named as
the six directors.
W. G. Alligood, personnel di
rector of the American Yam and
j Processing Company, was elected
as Senior Adviser. Mr. Alligood
will take office at the installation
of* officers meeting and banquet.
Thft Jaycee* hf^ve been Vety
active' 'under the'' leadership
retiring President Ted Jo!^
During his tenure of offiefe the
Erection of a community build
ing has remained the number onb
objective of the club. R. S. Dick
son, president of the A. Y. P.,
donated the lot and the Jaycees
already have in the ^ bank sev
eral thousand dollars toward
their goal and hope to start con
struction at an early date.
The Durene Festival was a big
success. The Jaycee Minstrel
show has been staged five times
and booked for several more ap
pearances in this section of the
state. Other successful projects
during the past year was the
auction sales, two paper drives,
Trade Days with three turkeys
and prizes given away, sponsored
Christmas lighting, street square
dances, donations to Mount Holly
Boys’ Club, Christmas baskets to
the needy, Christmas party and
the teen-age canteen.
Mrs. E. E. Thompson visited
Mrs. Frank Smith in Gastonia
last week.
"RACK" HUFFSTETLER
Has announced his entry in the
race for Constable of Riverbend
township. Mr. Huffstetler is well
known throughout this section.
He was born in Tuekaseege and
has spent his entire life in this
township. He is employ :d at
Glbbe Mills.
While this is Mr. HUffstetle
first time to ever run for
lie office it is not the first time
that he has been in the lin*e-
light locally. He can. be remem
bered as a star baseball player
for Mount Holly not too many
years ago. ■
The candidate for Constable is
a Baptist He is married and has
four children.
‘T win certainly appreciate my
ffiends helping me in this race
and if elected 1 pledge to do my
duty in' an honest ..manner, fair
and impartial to all,” Mr. Hulf-
stetler stated.
VISITED HERE SUNDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Wike and
daughter of Charlotte were Sun
day afternoon guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Harris of Mountain
Island.
CONSTABLE
was
an officer and the own-
be
promptty contacted,
, ^^»eral allowance in time will.
by the police depart-
ceiv^*®^ owners who have re
al tickets to appear
in headquarters. Except
cases, they will be
is thoy appear within
ia an additional
o\ir* to the 24 hours speci-
parking ticket and
am^ ®®cors feel that it allows
time.
(if ®^*mers receiving tickets
'^'^AtUued oa BMk Page)
Ends Here
The Bible Conference will be
concluded at ‘ the Presbyterian
‘ : ser-
each
moming-and evening through the
week. The topic of the sermon this
evening will be ‘‘The Second Com
ing of the Christ”, a topic of great
interest to all Christian people.
PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH
Henry Fdwler, Jr.
New Beta Prexy
Henry Fowler, Jr., was elected
president of the Beta Club of
Mount Holly High School for the
coming year in elections held at
the Monday night meeting of the
honor club. The meeting was held
at the home of Kay Chandler
with Ann Painter acting as assis
tant hostess and 22 members
were present. Other officers elect
ed for the coming year at this
meeting included Jean Abernathy,
vice-president; Frances Farris,
secretary; and Lowell York, treas
urer.
Following the business session
and the election of officers, a so
cial hour was held and refresh
ments were served. A discussion
concerning taking in new mem
bers for the Beta Club was also
held. .
Mr. and Mrs. James Evans of
Salisbury were Saturday night
dinner guests of Miss Pinkie Pat
terson.
Goal Set At
100 Pints
Wednesday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will visit Mount Holly again.
Wednesday, May 3, at the Lions
Club building, and a goal of 100
pints of blood has been set for
this trip of the local blood unit.
Max Childers and Emmett Ven.-*
ning, Jr., co-chairmen, said this
week. On the last visit of the
blood unit. Mount Holly residents
gave 38 pints of blood which was
a good increase over the amounts
given during former visits, and
the co-chairmen expressed a hope
that the goal of 100 pints would
be reached next week.
The Bloodmobile is doing an
increasingly valuable job in this
county and blood given by doncxrs
during the trips made to towns
and cities of this section is taken,
immediately to the Blood Bank
for processing and classiflcatioii
A constant stream of requests for.
blood pours into the Blood Baidt
at all tones ipd adto liitamrf *
in Ithis'.- section' have p^obokV
hq^ appeals issued for certain,
typeS'of blood ovef radio staiiona
within the last few days. The
supplies- of blood in the Blood
Bank must be kept at a hiri>
level to meet the cemstant ’de
mands and the way in
which the blood can be obtained
is through the donations made by
donors who give blood when the
Bloodmobile is in their commun
ity.
Remember that this blood
which the Bloodmobile will seek
on their visit here next Wed
nesday may be instrumental in
saving a life; and that the blood
in the Blood Bank must be kept
at a high leveL ‘Tbe Ute that Irin.
danger may be ^ycku^-someday.
No charge is made..by ho^-
tals for the use of thAblo^ which
is given to the Blood Bank ex
cept a nominal service charge
covering the cost of the transfu
sion and in some cases this alone
is the deciding factor when a
person needs blood badly.
Clyde Davis, owner of Davis
Used Car Sales in Mount Holly,
and a well known young bus
inessman in Mount Holly, has
announced his entry in the race
for Constable of Riverbend town
ship. Mr. Davis has been active
in' the used car business in this
section and recently purchased
his^ former partner’s interest in
the Davis Used Car Sales located
on East Central Avenue in Mount
Holly.
In announcing his entry in the
race for Constable of Riverbend
Township, Mr. Davis said, ‘‘I wish
to state that I will do my best
to fulfill the duties’ of this office
if I am elected and I will appre
ciate the support of my many
friends in this township during
the coming election. I believe
that I am qualified for this of
fice and I plan to wage a clean,
hard, campaign for office.”
Above is r**'*v**^ tb* pcopcsod now RonlocoeUl HoUnoM 'Church for Mount Holly. Rot. D..S.
to of tho riiuz^ In 1932 tb«r Poatoobalal KoUbmt Church WM- olrginisod In Mount
Holly with 8 mombora. Today tho mamborship to 70 and tho church to in good financial con-
TV* rntnit waa arsetad in 19ST and to lomdad near fiia AdrtHi and Madoaa villagaa.
Tha naw chuirii wfll ba naar tha iLla of tha pnMl ooa.
WEDNESDAY GUESTS
Mrs. T. I. Tarpley had as her
dinner guests on Wednesday of
this week. Mrs. T. J. Rogers, Mrs.
Mrs. Davis Heads
VFW Auxiliary
Mrs. Kenneth Davis was re
elected president of the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars at the regular meet
ing held last Thursday night at
the V. F. W. hut Other officers
elected at this meeting included
Delores Childers, senior vice-pre
sident; Ruth Summey, junior vice-
president; Martha Patterson, trea
surer; Mrs. Erva Abernathy, chap
lain; Dolly Mullis, secretary; Wil
lie Jackson, conductress; Clara
Abernathy, patriotic instructor;^
Evelyn Jenkins, trustee; and Eve-*
lyn Hendrix, guard.
The members of the Ladies
Auxiliary are issuing a request to
residents of this section for any
old Christmas cards in good con
dition which may have been saved
by the recipients. These cards are
being sent to an elderly Lady who
removes all traces of names -and
later sends the cards during the
Christmas season to veterans in
hospitals over the nation. Cardk
may be left at either of the local
theater box offices. Picture post
cards will also be -appreciated,
Mrs. Davis pointed out, since
many of the veterans who are
confined to bed collect these cards
as a hobby.
The next meeting of the Ladies*
Auxiliary will be held cm Thurs
day night. May 4, at 7:30 p. m. at
the V. F. W. Hut
GUESTS IN BELMONT
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Stroupe
J. B. Anderson, Mrs. John Tay-|were. Saturday evening dioMT
lor, and Mrs. F. H. Abernathy, guesU of Mrs. Campbell E. Bnid-
jr • I ley of Belmont